Selecting Foods To Dry - Nesco FD-28JX Use And Recipe Manual

Food dehydrator & jerky maker

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• Do not dehydrate foods that have been prepared with or marinated in alcohol.

• Trays are only intended to be used with your NESCO

Food Dehydrator. Do not use the trays either in a conventional oven or

with any other appliance.

Service

Should you experience any problems other that routine cleaning, please call

Customer Satisfaction at Nesco American Harvest, 1-800-288-4545.

General Drying Guidelines _________

There are no absolutes and quite a few variables in food dehydration. The

only way to become proficient is to dry, dry and dry some more! Certain

varieties of produce, the humidity in the air and even methods of food

handling make a difference in the drying time and quality of dried product.

• Experiment with different thicknesses of produce, pretreatment versus no

pretreatment and different rehydration methods. You will determine what

works best for your particular needs and preferences.

• To save nutrients and produce a quality product, it is necessary to work

fast preparing foods to dry. Once placed in the dehydrator, they need to dry

continuously for the recommended time. Do not turn off the dehydrator and

leave partially dried foods sitting on the trays. The food may spoil or

develop off flavors.

• Spread all foods evenly to dry in single layers. If slices overlap, the areas

that are overlapping will take twice as long to dry.

• Do not add fresh produce to a partially dried batch. It will slow the rate

of drying for both products. It is possible however, to combine partially

dried foods onto fewer trays.

• Many people have more than one NESCO

Dehydrator. If you have two, it's easy to combine a load from both

dehydrators after a few hours and start a new batch in your second

dehydrator using the remaining trays.